THE
LIFE OF PETER STUART
The "Ditton doctor"
By Mazzini Stuart
Presented by
Francis Treuherz & Sylvain Cazalet

HAHNEMANN HOUSE.

"Homťopathy and the Board of the London
Homťopathic Hospital owe a very deep debt of gratitude to Mr. Mazzini
Stuart, of Liverpool, and his brother, Mr. Orsini Stuart, for their
priceless gift of Hahnemann relics, together with 'Hahnemann House' (and
its freehold), wherein to preserve and exhibit them.

The Homoeopathic Hospital in Golden Square. 1850-1859.
25 beds.

"A few families (such as that of the late Peter
Stuart, of Liverpool, the 'Ditton Doctor') connected with Hahnemann from
the first, have treasured, with the traditions of the great healer, many
of his actual possessions-articles of furniture, apparel or virtu-and Mr.
Mazzini Stuart has been feeling keenly, that while to him and his brother
their inherited treasures were sacred, to their successors, sooner or
later, they would become mere furniture and dusty once-prized relics,
whose origin was forgotten and lost.

"Their idea is, therefore, to house them in a
Hahnemann Museum in the most central spot in the world-London in a house
adjoining the Hospital where Hahnemann's lifework lives and inspires, and
is perpetuated, and where they will prove a centre of attraction to
Homťopathic doctors all the world over, who, acknowledging the genius of
Hahnemann, make his marvellous discoveries and patient demonstrations of
Law in medicine the basis for their beneficent work.

"This Museum should also form a much-needed
nucleus for like gifts or loans from others, who feel responsibility in
regard to such historical possessions.

Dr. John Epps.

"Mr. Stuart also has ambitions for a Hahnemann
Library, and intends to search the Continent for copies of all Hahnemann's
writings, originals where possible, to make that Library a complete thing.

"Hahnemann House is in Powis Place, adjoining the
London Homťopathic Hospital. It will be placed in the hands of Trustees,
who will be grateful for :-

"1st. Further relics of Hahnemann on loan or
gift ; to be exhibited, together with their donor's name and family
connected with Hahnemann.
2nd. Donations for furnishing the rest of the house, which will be
used for purposes vital to Homťopathy.

"Not only are relics on gift or loan desired, but
also monetary support to mount, exhibit and preserve them in suitable
cases and surroundings.

"Suggestions and donations are also asked for an
American room or rooms, to perpetuate the memory and labours of
Hahnemann's most notable followers. Their walls might be inscribed by
names and works, and a library of all the classical Homťopathic works
should be gradually accumulated in one of the rooms of Hahnemann
House."

The following "appreciation" is written by
Dr. Thomas Simpson, a well-known Liverpool practitioner, who knew Peter
Stuart intimately, and Dr. Simpson's words are a warm tribute to the work
of his friend :-